One: You have built in friends. People you live with, the person who sits next to you in class, dorm community, campus life.
Two: You are in the "real" world but not.
Three: You don't really worry about the balance of your life. You're young, you stay up to all hours of the night, and you could care less about next semester till it gets there.
Four: Your parents still take care of you (they always will but more so now)
So, YAY! You get a piece of paper that says you are educated and now can handle yourself in the real word. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN???
Now, you can figure out the rest of your life. You have ambitions and want to do great things, yet because you don't have 5 years of experience you can't get a job. And what you want to do, you can't do cause you need money, you don't have. And your not supposed to go into debt so you don't borrow money. Which then leads to a minimum wage job which gives you experience in a job you don't want. Then for the rest of your life you try to get to the job you can't have unless you know someone that might know someone who will give you a chance. This is a viscous cycle.
So at the end of the day, network. It will be your best friend for life.
OK, that's the end of my venting for today.
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